he scores early, as manchester united put three past nottingham forest, in the away leg of their league cup semi final. and we catch up with radio one extra s dj ace to find out why he s campaigning for more black and asian heritage organ donors. good morning. there is a touch of frost in western areas first thing. for many it will be a dry day with sunny spells, a little bit of cloud, and some showers in the east. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 26th january. ukraine s president zelensky has described the decision to send dozens of powerful nato battle tanks to the country, as an important step on the path to victory. commitments from germany, the us and the uk, follow weeks of diplomatic deadlock about the supply of heavy weaponry. president zelensky said the free world was united as never before, but that it was essential for the equipment to arrive quickly. our correspondent robin brant reports. for months, he s campaigned for these, in publ
on the streets. applause and ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate their country s 3 1 victory over scotland in the world cup playoffs. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in the evening in virginia in the us, where a jury has found that the actress amber heard defamed her ex husband johnny depp, after a six week trial that has transfixed america and people around the world. the two hollywood stars have traded accusations of physical abuse, mental distress and given audiences an inside look into the most private details of their lives. the jury awarded johnny depp $15 million over a 2018 article in which amber heard described her experience with domestic abuse. our arts correspondent david sillito has been following this trial for us from the beginning. here is his report. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after
Minister mark rutte loses seats, but will likely return to power after seeing off the challenge of Geert Wilders. Eruption on mount etna in sicily. Hello, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. For the second time in two months, Federaljudges Have blocked President Trumps attempt to impose a travel ban on six mainly muslim countries. Earlier this month, the white house issued a new travel order which removed some of the more contentious elements from the first one. But two judges, one from hawaii another from maryland, took the unusual step of referring back to the president s comments during the Election Campaign evidence they said that his order was still designed to discriminate against muslims. Donald] trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown on muslims entering the United States, until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on later in the campaign, mr. Trump backed away from his call for a total muslim ban. But thejudge in
Our correspondent robin brant reports. for months, he s campaigned for these, in public, and intensely behind the scenes, diplomatically. now, ukraine s leader is going to get this powerful, reliable, and potentially transformative, bit of kit. translation: the key now is speed and volume. - the speed of training our military, the speed of supplying tanks to ukraine, the volume of tank support. we have to form a fist of tanks, a fist of freedom, after which tyranny will not rise again. we can do it together. on social media, he d already thanked germany for what he called these important and timely decisions. but it took a long time. germany s leader, olaf scholz, has long been hesitant. he s balancing between a reliance on russia for his country s energy needs, with pressure from within, and neighbouring
On the streets of china s biggest city after a significant lifting of covid restrictions. after more than two months of full lockdown, most people can now move more freely around the city. our correspondent robin brant reports. what would you do if you were free after 65 days locked up in your home? for some in shanghai, it was the simple things, things they ve been barred from doing for months. for others, well. as morning came round, the reality of daily life now was clear scanning your phone, showing a code. the government s going to monitor who goes where, when, to try to prevent another disastrous outbreak. the speed of the reopening of shanghai has been, frankly, quite surreal. we ve had this big bang event in one single day where cars are back on the streets, some of the shops have reopened. there s a basic service that has